[WORLD VIEW] Pep Guardiola has decided to quit coaching Barcelona. At 41, age isn't an issue. Failure isn't the problem. Yes, a 2-1 defeat at home to Real Madrid in La Liga and a 1-0 loss to Chelsea three days earlier in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League mean ... Read the whole story

[THE PITCH] Christen Press spent the past week in a pre-Olympic training camp with the U.S. women's national team in quasi-tropical Sarasota, Fla., far from the world of Swedish soccer into which she has been immersed. She examines what her Swedish club FC Gothenburg brought her in to do: run ... Read the whole story

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Not to be confused with midfielder Edu (Eduardo Cesar Daud Gaspar), who played for Arsenal and retired in 2010, or striker Edu (Eduardo Goncalves de Oliveira), who is playing on loan at Turkish club Besiktas from Schalke 04, or the two other players named Edu, who starred for ... Read the whole story

[WEEK 8] D.C. United will look to solidify its hold on second place in the Eastern Conference behind idle Sporting Kansas City with a win over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Saturday. The San Jose Earthquakes, tied for first in the Western Conference, face a tough test when they travel ... Read the whole story

[DATEBOOK] The Ft. Lauderdale Strikers can take over first place in the NASL with a win at the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Saturday. The Atlanta Silverbacks (three ties) host the defending champion Minnesota Stars (one win and two ties) in a battle of unbeaten teams. Atlanta's Nico Colaluca and Brian ... Read the whole story

[DATEBOOK] Defending champion Orlando City will look to improve to 4-0-0 when it plays the Richmond Kickers for the second week in a row. On Thursday, Barracuda FC got two goals from Stefan Smith and a goal and an assist from Peter Byers to defeat the winless Charlotte Eagles, 3-2, ... Read the whole story

[EUROPA LEAGUE] Barcelona and Real Madrid will miss out on the UEFA Champions League final, but two other Spanish clubs, Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid, will compete for the Europa League crown. Athletic's 3-1 win over Sporting Lisbon will deprive Oguchi Onyewu the chance to become the second American to ... Read the whole story

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Gina Lewandowski started for FFC Frankfurt in its 2-0 victory over the Arsenal Ladies that moved it into the UEFA Women's Champions League final May 17 against defending champion Lyon. Jennifer Nobis scored two goals in three minutes to help Pitea beat Djurgarden, 3-1, in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. Former ... Read the whole story

"[Jose Mourinho] came to the locker room to congratulate my players and coaching staff after the game. It was very noble."-- Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes on
counterpart Jose Mourinho after Bayern beat Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final. (AP) ...More